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00:00And he said, I'll ruin your career.
00:02And he did.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:04And today we're counting down our picks from the most prominent celebrities who,
00:07intentionally or not, managed to successfully sabotage another celebrity's career.
00:11We won't be including those who bravely spoke out against sexual harassment,
00:15like singer Cassie did with Sean Diddy Combs.
00:17I just stopped talking to everybody because I didn't know who to trust,
00:20because I had been banished.
00:23And they said it was you who banished me.
00:2610. Michael Bay ruined Megan Fox
00:31Directed by Michael Bay, the 2007 film Transformers catapulted Megan Fox to international fame.
00:37It looks like your distributor cap's a little loose.
00:42Yeah? How'd you know that?
00:45My dad, he was a real grease monkey. He taught me all about this.
00:49Following the release of the 2009 sequel, Revenge of the Fallen,
00:51Fox publicly criticized Bay's authoritarian style of directing,
00:55going as far as comparing him to Hitler.
00:57The director didn't take too kindly to these comments,
00:59and reportedly got several of his crew members to defend him,
01:02while simultaneously launching a smear campaign against Fox.
01:05You know, it's unfortunate that it would change public opinion.
01:07That, of course, hurts my feelings.
01:09I don't ever want people to think I'm difficult to work with,
01:12or that I'm a bitch, because I try to go out of my way to make people feel comfortable.
01:17This effort seemed to work, as she was fired from the Transformers franchise,
01:20and soon became known as an actress who was difficult to work with.
01:23Although the two appear to have reconciled,
01:25with Fox starring in Bay's 2014 reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
01:28her reputation has never fully recovered.
01:30You're... Ninja... Mutant... Turtle... Teenagers?
01:39Well, when you put it like that, it sounds ridiculous.
01:41Number 9. Kim Kardashian Ruined Chris Humphries
01:45It all began with a fairytale wedding. On August 20, 2011,
01:48reality TV star Kim Kardashian and NBA player Chris Humphries
01:52tied the knot in a lavish ceremony that aired as a two-part TV special.
01:56In accord with the laws of the state of California,
01:59I pronounce you husband and wife. Chris, you may kiss your bride.
02:04While Humphries was already known in the sports world, his fame skyrocketed due to this wedding.
02:08However, after just 72 days, Kardashian filed for divorce.
02:12This shocking split drew immense media attention,
02:15with many criticizing the marriage as a publicity stunt.
02:17Every paper this morning talking about it, big blank sham on the New York Post,
02:22not being so kind.
02:23Humphries tried to move on, but fans never let him forget. They would boo him during games,
02:27which affected his performance and caused him to develop anxiety.
02:30He retired unceremoniously from basketball in 2019,
02:33and now runs a string of restaurant franchises.
02:36Chris entered the business a couple years later after being a frequent customer.
02:39I was going to the 1NYZ probably four times a week.
02:42He was a record-breaking Hopkins High School basketball player
02:46before a 13-year NBA career. And yes, you remember his marriage.
02:50Number 8. Tati Westbrook ruined James Charles
02:54In 2019, the online beauty community was rocked by a scandal involving two of its biggest stars.
02:59Hey, you guys. Welcome to today's video. Obviously, from the title, you know that this is
03:04going to be intense, different, and this is absolutely not a video I ever thought in a
03:10million years that I would be making.
03:12YouTuber Tati Westbrook called out her fellow beauty influencer and former protege,
03:16James Charles, questioning his loyalty and accusing him of inappropriate behavior with
03:20a heterosexual man. These claims were costly for Charles, causing him to lose 1 million
03:25subscribers in a single day, a first for any YouTuber.
03:28I will not ask for sympathy, and I will definitely not ask for forgiveness either,
03:31but I will ask that you watch this entire thing all the way through
03:35before forming any further opinions or talking about this story more.
03:38After addressing Westbrook's remarks, Charles briefly regained public support,
03:42but the controversy opened the floodgates to more allegations,
03:45including claims of grooming underage fans. This time, YouTube temporarily demonetized his channel,
03:50and he lost business deals. Although many fans have moved on from this incident,
03:54Charles' public image remains tainted by it.
03:56With those blessings come a lot of people that see those blessings as an opportunity
04:02for themselves to either come up or get financial gain or get followers or attention or
04:08take me down with them, which has been attempted.
04:14Oscar-nominated actress and director Sandra Locke began a romantic relationship with Clint
04:19Eastwood after meeting him on the set of the 1976 film The Outlaw, Josie Wales.
04:33This relationship ended dramatically in 1989,
04:36after Eastwood moved Locke's belongings out of their shared home and changed to Locke's.
04:40Locke filed a palimony suit afterwards, but Eastwood convinced her to drop it by offering
04:44a $1.5 million film development deal at Warner Bros. However, she later discovered this deal
04:49was a sham, secretly funded by Eastwood to prevent her from getting any directing work.
04:53Due to their controversial breakup, Locke was allegedly blacklisted in Hollywood.
04:57She directed her last film in 1997 and faded from the spotlight until her death in 2018.
05:03After years in the industry as a stand-up comedian and actress,
05:06Monique received her first Academy Award for her role in 2009's Precious.
05:24What seemed like the starting point for even greater success instead marked the beginning
05:28of a dramatic downfall. Apparently, Monique had refused calls to promote the film from
05:33director Lee Daniels. As a result, the actress claims that Daniels tried to
05:36sabotage her career, even explicitly telling her she had been blackballed.
05:40This sparked a 13-year feud filled with snide remarks in the media from both parties and a
05:45lack of substantial work from Monique. However, the two seemed to have buried the hatchet,
05:50as Daniels publicly apologized to Monique and cast her in his 2024 film, The Deliverance.
06:10Legendary comic Joan Rivers didn't gain national prominence until she began regularly
06:23appearing as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965.
06:40However, in 1986, things soured between Rivers and Carson when she was offered her own late-night
06:45talk show. Rivers intended to wait for the deal to be finalized before informing Carson,
06:49but he found out when the news leaked, which made him furious.
06:59Carson severed all ties with Rivers, never speaking with her again until his death in 2005.
07:04Due to this dispute, some local stations refused to air Rivers' show,
07:07and booking celebrity guests became difficult as no one wanted to displease Carson.
07:11All of these contributed to the show's failure and cancellation after just nine months.
07:25In 2011, actor Charlie Sheen was fired from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men
07:30after a heated feud with the show's creator, Chuck Lorre.
07:38Sheen then filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the studio, but two years later,
07:47he turned around and did the same thing to someone else. Following his unceremonious dismissal,
07:52Sheen began starring alongside Selma Blair in the FX show Anger Management,
07:55which he also executive produced.
07:57But his frequent lateness to set led Blair to complain about his behavior,
08:08which infuriated Sheen. He demanded that the producers fire her, and consequently,
08:13Blair was let go. Since then, the actress, who once enjoyed a steady stream of film roles,
08:18saw her opportunities dwindle.
08:273. Will Smith Ruined Janet Hubert
08:34Fans of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vividly remember how suddenly the actress playing
08:37Aunt Viv was changed between seasons three and four. Janet Hubert, who originated the role,
08:47was replaced by Daphne Maxwell-Reed, who stayed on till the end of the series.
08:51This switch occurred partly due to a rift between Hubert and lead actor Will Smith.
08:58At the time, Smith claimed Hubert was jealous of his success and had become difficult to work with
09:09on set, leading to her departure. Although Hubert later clarified she was never fired,
09:14the label stuck and she struggled to find roles afterwards. The feud between her and
09:17Smith lasted until 2020, when they eventually reconciled during The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
09:21reunion. 2. Alfred Hitchcock Ruined Tippi Hedren
09:39Screen legend Tippi Hedren was an inexperienced actress when Alfred Hitchcock discovered her
09:44and signed her to a seven-year contract. She then starred in his films The Birds and Marnie.
09:52While this was a great opportunity for an unknown performer, Hedren's experience working
09:57with Hitchcock was horrible. The director made several advances towards her, but she turned down
10:02and also reportedly sexually assaulted her during the production of Marnie.
10:06Fed up with his behavior, Hedren asked to be released from her contract,
10:22but Hitchcock, who had allegedly threatened to ruin her career for rejecting him, refused to do
10:26so. Instead, he kept her bound in the contract for three more years, causing her to miss out
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11:03In early 2004, Janet Jackson was gearing up to release her eighth studio album,
11:07Demita Joe. That February, she was billed to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
11:18During Jackson's set, pop star Justin Timberlake joined her on stage, and the two performed a duet
11:23of his song, Rock Your Body. But just as the song ended, Timberlake inadvertently exposed
11:27her breast on live TV for a split second. This wardrobe malfunction, as it came to be known,
11:38had a lasting impact on Jackson's career. She was blacklisted from radio and music channels,
11:43and her album sales suffered. Timberlake, on the other hand, emerged largely unscathed from the
11:48incident and seemingly failed to show public support for Jackson during this difficult period.
11:53Do you know any other celebrity whose career was ruined by a fellow famous person?
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